Example sentences of "been [verb] [noun] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've been serving coffee here for three hundred years , ’ he confided . |
| 2 | Shorter and his lieutenants were wary of a trap and had watched the forest lodge near Caesar 's Camp for several hours before finally making their rendezvous with Baptist Nunn but , as they entered the building , they were surrounded by a dozen officers who had been lying doggo nearby for many hours . |
| 3 | I have been taking Woodworker now for some 10 years and have at last been inspired to write a letter replying to that of David Thomas in the December issue . |
| 4 | ‘ I have just been elected chairman again for this year I am very much involved with the society so it just makes sense really . ’ |
| 5 | The rest of the afternoon had been more or less normal for the time of year except that Ted had been following Pete around for most of it , trying to pump him for details of what had happened between him and Diane Jackson . |